Minnesota · Private foundation
Farnham Charitable Fund
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $537k
- Granted FY2022
- 38
- Grants FY2022
- 38
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 55%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $115,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 38
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 10
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 55% of the organizations Farnham Charitable Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 38 | $537k | 55% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $31k | 31% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $26k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $26k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $26k | 14% |
| FY2017 | 21 | $24k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $160,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Marquette University | $41,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ramsey County Historical Society Inc | $38,650 | 6 | 1% |
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Paul Academy and Summit School | $29,500 | 6 | 0% |
| University of St Thomas | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Guild | $19,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Alight | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Olaf College | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 40 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($165k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Farnham Charitable Fund supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation · Hardenbergh Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Minneapolis Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The K Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota
How this is measured
About Farnham Charitable Fund
- How much does Farnham Charitable Fund give?
- Farnham Charitable Fund reported 38 grants totaling $536,590 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Farnham Charitable Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Education (58%), Arts & Culture (13%), Religion (5%).
- Who are Farnham Charitable Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: University of Minnesota Foundation ($161k), Marquette University ($41k), Ramsey County Historical Society Inc ($39k).
- Does Farnham Charitable Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Farnham Charitable Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Farnham Charitable Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation, Fr Bigelow Foundation.
- Where is Farnham Charitable Fund based?
- Farnham Charitable Fund is based in MN.
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